Apple just approved my iOS app despite the violation of background audio declaration.
I hope this helps anyone using Hype to create iOS apps without wanting to start coding around Mozilla’s and iOSs weird tango of HTML audio handling.
@MarkHunte and @Photics: Thanks for the generous help and insights.
Yes, @Photics, I left a gushing review in the Mac App Store for your app “Wrapping”.
Now I’ll go and improve the app’s user experience by using @MarkHunte’s code above. Apple doesn’t require it nor will most users ever be put off by the persistent audio but you may as well do things right…